Second Week of Deer Camp
Da Yoopers Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴Hey there goes one (BANG!) Hey you shot my cow!
It's the second week of deer camp
I got a swollen head
I'm lying with the dustballs
Underneath the bed
An icy breeze is blowing
Into the tongue and groove
My pants are frozen to the floor And I'm too sick to move
I didn't drink so many
Just durty (thirty) cans of beer
It musta been that last shot
That put me under here
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It's the second week of deer camp
And all the guys are here
We drink play cards and shoot the bull
But never shoot no deer
The only time we leave the camp
Is when we go for beer
The second week of deer camp
Is the greatest time of year
I remember playing poker
That weasel musta won
He's wearing my new swampers
And sleeping with my gun
He's snoring like a chainsaw
The camp smells like a dump
Someone's dirty underwear
Is hanging on the pump
Mickey's in the woodbox
Weener's on the stove
His flannel shirt is smoking (sniff)
I wonder if he knows (YEOW!)
REFRAIN
Beadle's crawling through the door
I think he got frostbite
He passed out in the outhouse
And he's been there since last night
Goofus stumbled through the door
He says he got a buck
He was coming from the wayside
And hit it with his truck
Musty cracked a beer and said
Let's celebrate
Goofus caught the first buck
Since 1968
REFRAIN
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Overall Meaning
"Second Week of Deer Camp" by Da Yoopers is a humorous song that depicts the experience of being in a deer hunting camp during the second week of the season. The song paints a picture of the typical activities that occur in the camp and the comic mishaps that ensue.
The song begins with a gunshot that turns out to have killed a cow instead of a deer, leading to chaos and an upset owner. The singer then describes the state of his hangover from the copious amounts of beer consumed during the week. He is incapacitated, lying on the floor with dust bunnies and his pants frozen to the ground.
The second verse describes the other members of the camp, including a card cheat, a snoring thief who stole someone's boots and sleeping with a gun, and someone's dirty underwear hanging on the pump. Later, another hunter appears with frostbite, and another claims he hit a deer with his truck.
Overall, the song satirizes the typical deer camp experience, where more drinking, playing cards, and general debauchery occur than actual hunting. It celebrates the camaraderie and memories shared during this time of year.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey there goes one (BANG!) Hey you shot my cow!
One of the guys shot a cow by accident during deer hunting season.
It's the second week of deer camp
The guys are on a two-week trip to go deer hunting.
I got a swollen head
The singer has a hangover from drinking too much beer.
I'm lying with the dustballs
The artist is hungover and lying on the floor.
Underneath the bed
The artist is lying under a bed.
An icy breeze is blowing
It's very cold outside.
Into the tongue and groove
The cold air is coming through the walls of the cabin.
My pants are frozen to the floor
The artist's pants are stuck to the floor because it's so cold.
And I'm too sick to move
The artist is too hungover to get up.
I didn't drink so many
The artist didn't drink that much.
Just durty (thirty) cans of beer
The singer drank thirty cans of beer.
It musta been that last shot
The artist thinks that the last shot of alcohol was what put them over the edge.
That put me under here
The singer is so hungover they can't move.
REFRAIN
The chorus of the song.
I remember playing poker
The singer is reminiscing about a game of poker they played.
That weasel musta won
Someone who is not well-liked won the poker game.
He's wearing my new swampers
The winner of the poker game is wearing the artists new shoes.
And sleeping with my gun
The winner of the poker game is sleeping with the singer's gun.
He's snoring like a chainsaw
The winner of the poker game is snoring very loudly.
The camp smells like a dump
The cabin they are staying in is very dirty and smells bad.
Someone's dirty underwear
Someone left their dirty underwear hanging on the water pump outside.
Is hanging on the pump
Dirty underwear is hanging on the water pump outside.
Mickey's in the woodbox
There is a bottle of Mickey's (malt liquor) in the wood box.
Weener's on the stove
There are hot dogs cooking on the stove.
His flannel shirt is smoking (sniff)
The hot dogs are burning and smoking.
I wonder if he knows (YEOW!)
The person who put the hot dogs on the stove didn't realize they were burning.
REFRAIN
The chorus of the song.
Beadle's crawling through the door
One of the guys is crawling into the cabin.
I think he got frostbite
The guy who is crawling into the cabin may have frostbite on his hands and feet.
He passed out in the outhouse
The guy who is crawling into the cabin fell asleep in the outhouse overnight.
And he's been there since last night
The guy who is crawling into the cabin slept in the outhouse all night.
Goofus stumbled through the door
Another guy is stumbling into the cabin.
He says he got a buck
The guy who stumbled into the cabin claims he shot a deer.
He was coming from the wayside
The guy who claims he shot a deer was driving on the road when he hit it.
And hit it with his truck
He hit the deer with his truck.
Musty cracked a beer and said
Another guy opened a beer and said something.
Let's celebrate
They are celebrating the fact that someone finally shot a deer.
Goofus caught the first buck
This is the first deer that has been caught during the two-week trip.
Since 1968
This is the first deer that has been caught during the two-week trip in over 20 years.
REFRAIN
The chorus of the song.
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Repeat the chorus of the song as the song fades out.
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